Chip Lead / SoC Design Leader
Location:- Bengaluru, Karnataka,
Experience:- 9+Years
Job Description
SoC design leader with extensive experience and proven track record in
SoC/full-chip micro architecture and design with solid focus on delivering
the products across various tech nodes. Individual should have very good
hold on SoC global specs and functionalities like core, platforms, clock,
reset & power, etc. Must have good understanding on adjoining SoC
implementation functions like functional verification, DFT, physical
implementation, timing analysis, pre & post-Si validation, test and
product engineering etc.
The SoC lead will be closely working and collaborating with systems teams
and driving RTL design teams for specification development of IP’s, complex
subsystems, and chip-top - taking the design from spec definition to RTL
development and integration, through entire RTL2GDS flow.
In this role candidate will be responsible for overall chip development
schedule and project plans, while being able to evaluate technical
challenges and concepts and associated risks, challenging and negotiating
different functions for seamless and most efficient development cycle while
granting right quality deliverables. Design lead will also coordinate with
multiple teams like analog IP team, foundation IP’s and libraries team for
I/O’s, memories etc. incl 3rd party vendors, digital IP team to define and
build block specifications, deliverables, collaterals etc.
Responsibilities Include But Not Limited To
Drive architecture & application teams in converging to an optimal
specification from performance, design effort/cost point of view. This
includes detailed technical discussions and evaluations on IP choices and
specifications, SoC architecture definitions covering different core and
memory subsystems, solutions for clocking, power management, interconnect
etc with target of PPA optimization to grant a competitive balance between
product features and time-to-market.
Close engagement with systems teams and customer interfaces to enable
correct design decisions while working to build and develop system level
knowledge within the design team.
Conducts analyses covering feasibility studies, risk analysis, power, die
size estimation etc.
Drive design implementation functions including sub-groups for RTL
development and top integration, verification, performance evaluation and
pre-Si validation, DFT, physical implementation team for execution of entire
RTL2GDS flow.
Running weekly reviews of open issues across development functions, closely
monitoring and tracking, and provide technical leadership to individuals
from outside the function and owning the outcome of the project
Manage project-related activities like design team meetings, project status
reporting, project reviews in compliance with product development lifecycle.
Collaborates with the teams across project core team members like
engineering, validation, packaging, quality & reliability, marketing
etc.
Technical Skills/background
Qualification: Bachelors/Masters in Electronics/Electrical Engineering
Experienced about system applications on aspects related to architectural
choices in order to optimize for device performance, power and area.
Good knowledge and understanding of advanced ARM real time and application
CPU cores and memory subsystems, system bus architectures (like AHB/AXI),
Arteris NOC and other interconnect technologies, debug subsystems, critical
aspects like SoC clocking, reset and power mgmt., high speed SerDes, analog
integration, RTL design and SoC integration with multiple asynchronous clock
domains, bottlenecks identification, timing issues anticipation and
resolution.
Competent on power and clocking architectural concepts, capable of driving
their definitions and anticipate potential implementation issues for high
frequency designs.
Design experience in mid-high complexity product developments in FDSOI 28nm,
16 FFC, 7nm technology nodes.
Knowledge of Automotive Functional Safety ISO26262 is a plus.
Leadership Skills
Proven track record of leadership role in managing high level complex
designs, driving and coordinating across different teams.
Good negotiator and able to manage tough situations.
Adaptability to align and balance resources & time constraints according
to business need.
Should possess strong communication skills to ensure effective interaction
both with Management and internal project/design sub-groups members
Good interpersonal skills.
Provide direction, mentoring, and leadership to small to medium-sized
technical groups.